Monday plane spotting at Brisbane Airport

Brisbane has recently started receiving the Qantas Boeing 787-9 on a regular basis. I’ve been tracking their 787 in the 100 Year livery for a while and knew it was arriving from Los Angeles as QF16. (Although scheduled for 5:15 am, it typically lands around 4:45 am.) I also knew it was departing for Auckland at 8:20 am as QF119. So, my wife, daughter, and I left home at 7:00 am, made the 40-minute drive to the airport to see this aircraft, and stayed until 11:00 am.

Here are a few photos I captured.

BATIK AIR AIRBUS A330-343 9M-LFH (MSN 1832)
OD158 OFF TO DENPASAR (DPS) 7 YEARS

AIR NEW ZEALAND AIRBUS A321-271NX ZK-NNG (MSN 8908)
NZ205 ARRIVING FROM CHRISTCHURCH (CHC) 6 YEARS 

JETSTAR AIRBUS A321-251NX VH-OYV (MSN 12159)
JQ57 OFF TO DENPASAR (DPS) 5 MONTHS

NATIONAL JET EXPRESS DASH 8 400 VH-8QB (MSN 4323)

LINK AIRWAYS SAAB 340-B VH-VEF (MSN 340B-408)
LR9134 OFF TO DUBBO (DBO) 26 YEARS

ALLIANCE EMBRAER E190AR VH-A2B (MSN 19000021)
QF1963 OFF TO NEWCASTLE (NTL) 19 YEARS
FLYING FOR QANTAS

AIR NEW ZEALAND AIRBUS A321-271NX ZK-NNH (MSN 12513)
NZ143 ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND (AKL) 4 MONTHS

QANTAS BOEING 737-838 VH-VZW (MSN 39359)
QF509 OFF TO SYDNEY (SYD) 13 YEARS

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-7K2 VH-NQI (MSN 38635)
VA924 OFF TO SYDNEY (SYD) 13 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A321-231 VH-VWQ (MSN 7384)
JQ813 OFF TO SYDNEY (SYD) 8 YEARS

QANTASLINK EMBRAER E190AR VH-UYZ (MSN 19000222)
QF1857 ARRIVING FROM CAIRNS (CNS) 17 YEARS

EXECUTIVE JET GULFSTREAM V N585JC (MSN 618)
OFF TO HONOLULU (HNL) 25 YEARS

QANTAS BOEING 787-9 VH-ZNJ (MSN 66074)
QF119 OFF TO AUCKLAND (AKL) 5 YEARS

EMIRATES AIRBUS A380-861 A6-EUK (MSN 223)

LIFE FLIGHT BOMBARDIER CHALLENGER 604 VH-URR (MSN 5439)

ALLIANCE FOKKER 70 VH-QQW (MSN 11569)
VA1710 ARRIVING FROM GLADSTONE (GLT) 29 YEARS
FLYING FOR VIRGIN AUSTRALIA

AIR NIUGINI BOEING 767-383 P2-PXW (MSN 25365)
PX3 ARRIVING FROM PORT MORESBY (POM) 33 YEARS

JETSTAR BOEING 787-8 VH-VKE (MSN 36230)
JQ9 OFF TO TOKYO (NRT) 11 YEARS

QANTASLINK DASH 8 400 VH-84B (MSN 4466)
QLK451D ARRIVING FROM MORANBAH (MOV) 12 YEARS

SINGAPORE AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 9V-SHU (MSN 469)
SQ255 ARRIVING FROM SINGAPORE (SIN) 4 YEARS

AIR CANADA BOEING 787-9 C-FRSR (MSN 37178)
AC36 OFF TO VANCOUVER (YVR) 8 YEARS

CHINA SOUTHERN AIRBUS A350-941 B-32EW (MSN 625)
CZ382 OFF TO GUANGZHOU (CAN) 2 YEARS

QANTAS AIR BUS A330-202 VH-EBC (MSN 506)
QF6001 OFF TO SYDNEY (SYD) 22 YEARS
FERRY FLIGHT

JETSTAR AIRBUS A320-232 VH-VGF (MSN 4497)
JQ905 ARRIVING FROM TOWNSVILLE (TSV) 14 YEARS
KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE JAFFA JET

SOLOMON AIRLINES AIRBUS A320-232 H4-SAL (MSN 5566)
IE701 OFF TO HONIARA (HIR) 12 YEARS

FIJI AIRWAYS BOEING 737-808 DQ-FJN (MSN 34969)
FJ921 ARRIVING FROM NADI (NAN) 18 YEARS

UNITED BOEING 777-222 N788UA (MSN 26942)
UA97 OFF TO SAN FRANCISCO (SFO) 28 YEARS

GULFSTREAM G600 N700PR (MSN 73014) 6 YEARS

AIRBUS HELICOPTERS H125 VH-WMW (MSN 2058) 38 YEARS

AIR NEW ZEALAND BOEING 787-9 ZK-NZQ (MSN 39296)
NZ145 ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND (AKL) 7 YEARS

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-303 VH-QPG (MSN 603)
QF61 OFF TO TOKYO (NRT) 21 YEARS